Faculty Development

Faculty Research

Whereas community colleges provide professional development funds for conferences and workshops, and

Whereas research is a recognized source of professional development in higher education,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local senates to seek professional development funding for faculty research activities.

Educational Leadership Colloquia III

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges ask the Advisory Committee of the Educational Leadership Colloquia to draft a series of local colloquia (4-6 colleges per colloquium) for CEOs, trustees, top campus administration, CB representatives and senate leaders for the purpose of addressing specific campus-based educational and governance issues in a collegial, shared governance mode.

AB 1725 College Staff Development Planning Committees

Whereas the Academic Senate has recommended that local senates be recognized as the appointing/nominating bodies for faculty on college committees, and

Whereas AB 1725 states that faculty should serve on college staff development planning committees,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local senates to select their representatives to serve on the staff development planning committees created by AB 1725 and that faculty compose a majority of such committees.

AB 1725 Staff Development Funds

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges request the Chancellor to recommend to the Board of Governors that the Board develop regulations stipulating that staff development expenditures as per Section 87150 of AB 1725 be augmentations to existing and future staff development expenditures.

Staff Development Workshops

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges direct the Executive Committee to develop workshops offered on a regional, district, or college basis to educate faculty and staff about AB 1725, and

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local senates to use AB 1725 staff development funds to support the expenses of workshop leaders.

Critical Thinking Workshops

Whereas faculty review of courses to reflect changes in Title 5 is near completion, and

Whereas faculty are encouraged to use teaching methods that stimulate critical thinking,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local senates that they request staff development funds to support workshops to foster critical thinking in the classroom.

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